adjective · rare

fraught

fraught · more fraught · most fraught

важкий, тяжкий, вагітний

распространённый, кишащий, изобилующий

schwanger, trächtig, bedeutungsvoll

Of a boat, ship, or other vessel: laden with cargoOf a boat, ship, or other vessel: laden with cargo.

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/fɹɔːt/

» Her pregnancy was fraught with complications.

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Meaning

4 senses

(also, figuratively, obsolete)Of a boat, ship, or other vessel: laden with cargo.
beladen, belastet, befrachtet
нагру́женныйnagrúžennyj, гру́женыйgrúženyj
(also, figuratively, obsolete)Followed by with: carrying, or charged or loaded up with (usually something negative); accompanied by; entailing.
voll, belastet, beladen
по́лныйpólnyj, преиспо́лненныйpreispólnennyj, чрева́тыйčrevátyj
(also, figuratively, obsolete, specifically)Carrying or loaded with anxiety, fear, or stress, for example, due to complexity or difficulty; distressed; also, causing distress; distressing.
a fraught relationship a fraught process
angespannt, gespannt, belastet
удручённыйudručónnyj, пода́вленныйpodávlennyj
(also, figuratively, obsolete)Followed by with: furnished, provided.

More definitions

filled with or attended with
marked by distress

Examples

8 sentences

Her pregnancy was fraught with complications.
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The expedition was fraught with disaster.
ruПоход обернулся катастрофой. — Ooneykcall · CC BY 2.0 FR
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The journey was fraught with difficulties.
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Landing on the lunar surface is a complex maneuver fraught with challenges.
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Give sorrow words: the grief that does not speak whispers the o’er-fraught heart, and bids it break.
deGib Worte deinem Schmerz. Grimm, der nicht spricht, presst das beladene Herz, bis dass es bricht! — Esperantostern
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 3

of a boat, ship, or other vessel: laden with cargo:

carrying, or charged or loaded up with (usually something negative):

carrying or loaded with anxiety, fear, or stress — see also distressed:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

of a boat, ship, or other vessel: laden with cargo:

carrying, or charged or loaded up with (usually something negative):

carrying or loaded with anxiety, fear, or stress — see also distressed:

Origin

The verb is derived from Middle English fraughten, fraghten, freghten (“to hire (a ship, e

The verb is derived from Middle English fraughten, fraghten, freghten (“to hire (a ship, etc.) for transporting goods; to load (a ship, etc.) with cargo or passengers; to store, stow away; (figurative) to provide an ample supply of (goods, income, etc.)”), from Middle Dutch vrachten, vrechten, from vracht, vrecht (noun) (see etymology 1) + -en (suffix forming infinitives of verbs).

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